Recreation Services is once again hosting Brock’s annual Try-a-Tri triathlon race on Thursday June 26 from 12 noon to 2 p.m. The annual campus event includes a 100m or 400m swim, a 12.4 km bike ride, and a 3km run, walk or crawl. Members of the Brock community can enter the race as an individual or as a team of three, with one person for each leg of the event.

The Ontario chapter of the Canadian Intramural Recreation Association (CIRA) has recognized Brock’s intramural program with an Outstanding Intramural Achievement Award. This is the sixth year the University’s program has brought home this accolade. The award, which has the motto “Fun, Active Participation for All,” recognizes student leadership opportunities provided within intramural programs in Ontario.

Brock’s Eleanor Misener Aquatic Centre ecently captured three Lifesaving Society awards, including the Kirk A. W. Wipper Cup, which goes to the university or college with the largest lifesaving program in the province, for the 19th consecutive year.

When Erin Kenny and Alison Rowntree arrived at Brock Wednesday morning for Take Our Kids to Work Day, giving a dummy a needle and getting fake blood on themselves seemed unlikely to be on the day’s agenda.

Last spring, Brock students took some responsibility for their own well-being when they approved a new student fee through the Brock University Students’ Union (BUSU) that will help pay for increased mental and physical health supports at the University.